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CAAS seeks Executive Director

Announcements, Housing, poverty - No Comments » - Posted on September, 3 at 9:55 am

The Community Action Agency of Somerville (CAAS) is seeking an Executive Director to start January 1, 2009. Please refer to our website for more information: www.caasomerville.org.

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Hamilton Retires, Was CAAS Director Over 25 Years

Housing, Immigration, poverty - No Comments » - Posted on August, 14 at 12:40 pm

When Jack Hamilton began serving as the Executive Director of CAAS (the Community Action Agency of Somerville), Ronald Reagan was President, postage stamps cost 20 cents, IBM had just introduced the first personal computer running on MS-DOS, and PacMan-mania was sweeping the country. After more than a quarter-century of service to Somerville’s low-income residents, Hamilton has announced he will retire as the head of Somerville’s anti-poverty agency at the end of 2008.

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This Summer, Enjoy Reading about Ending Poverty

Arts and Culture, Politics, poverty - 2 Comments » - Posted on July, 1 at 10:27 am

Who says all summer reading lists have to be filled with fluff? CAAS, the Community Action Agency of Somerville, is offering a summer reading list about poor people and people rising out of poverty–and what we can all do to help. “There is something on this list for every reader”

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